On Wednesday Louisiana’s attorney general issued a warning to doctors against performing abortions, despite a judge’s order blocking the state from enforcing its ban on the procedure.
In a letter to the Louisiana State Medical Society, Attorney General Jeff Landry said that the state judge’s Monday order blocking enforcement has limited reach and abortion has been a crime since Friday’s decision giving states the power to outlaw abortions.
Landry wrote that it was incumbent on his office to advise that any medical provider who would perform or has performed an elective abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs was jeopardizing his or her liberty and medical license.
The three abortion clinics in the state have said they would resume operations while the order is in effect.